CN219258820U

CN219258820U - Assembly feeding equipment

Info

Publication number: CN219258820U
Application number: CN202320136111.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 奉华; 周学全; 谭伟松; 尹凯; 王海鸥; 王张权
Original assignee: Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-01-18
Filing date: 2023-01-18
Publication date: 2023-06-27
Anticipated expiration: 2033-01-18

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the field of material taking and conveying equipment, and discloses assembly feeding equipment, which comprises: the material rack is provided with a material tray placing position for placing material trays provided with a plurality of assemblies and a material discharging buffer position for buffering the assemblies to be discharged; the conveying mechanism is arranged on the material rack and is used for inputting or outputting the material tray into or out of the material tray placing position; and the material taking mechanism is arranged on the material rack and used for selectively moving a plurality of assemblies in the material tray placing position to the material discharging buffer storage position. According to the utility model, the material tray filled with the preassembled assembly can be conveyed to the material tray placing position through the cooperation of the conveying mechanism and the material taking mechanism, and then the assembly is selectively taken out from the material tray and transferred to the material discharging buffer storage position for taking equipment in other stations, so that the accumulation of materials in each station can be reduced, the occupied station space and manpower are saved, the working procedures on other stations are simplified, and the production efficiency is improved.

Description

Assembly feeding equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of material taking and conveying equipment, in particular to assembly feeding equipment.

Background

In the existing mechanical equipment production process, the bolt assembling, installing and screwing operation modes are as follows: and (3) distributing the bolts and the gasket whole boxes with different specifications to different machine part manufacturing stations, selecting bolts and gaskets with matched specifications by workers at each station for combination, and directly completing assembly mounting and tightening operations after coating the screw thread glue. However, the mode of distributing the whole box of bolts and gaskets to different stations and manually assembling and screwing the whole box of bolts and gaskets not only can cause a large amount of bolt and gasket materials to be accumulated on each station for a long time, but also can cause messy and numerous working procedures on the same station, and the work division of the working procedures between the stations is not fine enough, so that the production efficiency is not beneficial to improvement.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of at least one of the above-mentioned drawbacks or shortcomings of the prior art, the present utility model provides an assembly feeding device, which can selectively take pre-assembled assemblies from a tray to a specific buffer position according to production requirements, so that the devices in other stations can take the pre-assembled assemblies conveniently, and thus, the feeding operation of the assemblies can be automatically completed, a large amount of materials can be prevented from being accumulated in each station, and the purposes of saving station space and manpower, simplifying working procedures on other stations and improving production efficiency can be achieved without manual material taking.

To achieve the above object, the present utility model provides an assembly feeding apparatus comprising:

the material rack is provided with a material tray placing position for placing material trays provided with a plurality of assemblies and a material discharging buffer position for buffering the assemblies to be discharged;

the conveying mechanism is arranged on the material rack and is used for inputting or outputting the material tray into or out of the material tray placing position; and

and the material taking mechanism is arranged on the material rack and used for selectively moving a plurality of assemblies in the material tray placing position to the material discharging buffer storage position.

Optionally, the assembly feeding apparatus comprises:

the material tray positioning assembly is arranged at the material tray placing position and used for positioning the material tray.

Optionally, the tray positioning assembly includes:

the jacking device is arranged at the tray placing position and is used for jacking the tray to be separated from contact with the conveying mechanism;

and the crimping and positioning structures are arranged above the jacking device at intervals and used for crimping and positioning the top surface of the tray jacked by the jacking device.

Optionally, the crimping location structure includes a plurality of locating plates, a plurality of crimping are worn and are linked, a plurality of locking and wear and link, each the locating plate is all along the horizontal fixed arrangement in the marginal position of charging tray position and all be formed with a plurality of and wear and link the hole, a plurality of the crimping is worn and is linked and link and penetrate with adjustable interlude degree of depth respectively in part wear and link the hole, a plurality of the locking is worn and is linked and is worn and link and penetrate with adjustable interlude degree of depth respectively in the rest part wear and link the hole.

Optionally, the tray positioning assembly includes:

the stopping device is arranged at the edge position of the tray placing position and is used for stopping the tray stop conveyed in place by the conveying mechanism in the tray placing position;

the buffer device is arranged at the stop limit end of the stop device;

a tray position sensor provided on the stopper and configured to issue a tray in-place signal when the tray in the tray placement position is conveyed in place;

and the controller is respectively communicated with the tray position sensor and the conveying mechanism, and is used for controlling the conveying mechanism to stop running when receiving the tray in-place signal.

Optionally, the assembly feeding apparatus comprises:

the assembly part bracket is arranged at the discharging buffer position and is provided with buffer insertion holes for inserting the assembly part;

the clamping and positioning mechanism is arranged on the assembly support and used for clamping and positioning the assembly inserted into the buffer insertion hole.

Optionally, the assembly feeding apparatus comprises:

the assembly position sensor is arranged on the assembly support and used for sending an assembly in-place signal when the assembly in the buffer insertion hole is inserted in place;

and the controller is communicated with the assembly position sensor and the clamping and positioning mechanism respectively, and is used for controlling the clamping and positioning mechanism to clamp and position the assembly when receiving the assembly in-place signal.

Optionally, the conveying mechanism comprises a roller way horizontally arranged and two guide rows arranged on two sides of the roller way along the width direction, and each guide row comprises a plurality of rolling guide pieces sequentially arranged along the length direction of the roller way.

Optionally, along the direction of inputting the tray to the tray placing position by the conveying mechanism, the horizontal distance between the two guide rows is gradually shortened.

Optionally, the roller way includes a plurality of rollers of arranging in proper order along length direction, is located the middle part the roller forms the power roller, and the other roller all forms the driven roller.

Optionally, the material taking mechanism is a triaxial movement mechanism and comprises an X-axis mechanism, a Y-axis mechanism, a Z-axis mechanism and a clamping material taking mechanism, wherein the X-axis mechanism comprises an X-axis guide rail and an X-axis traveling device, the Y-axis mechanism comprises a Y-axis guide rail and a Y-axis traveling device, and the Z-axis mechanism comprises a Z-axis guide rail and a Z-axis lifting device;

the X-axis guide rails, the Y-axis guide rails and the Z-axis guide rails are vertically arranged in pairs, the X-axis guide rails and the Y-axis guide rails form sliding fit through driving of the Y-axis traveling device, the Z-axis guide rails and the X-axis guide rails form sliding fit through driving of the X-axis traveling device, and the clamping and taking mechanism is connected to the bottom of the Z-axis lifting device.

Through the technical scheme, the assembly feeding equipment can convey the tray filled with the preassembled assemblies to the tray placing position which is independently arranged through the cooperation of the conveying mechanism and the material taking mechanism which are arranged on the material rack, then take out the assemblies from the tray and transfer the assemblies to the material discharging buffer position, so that the equipment in other stations is taken away for use, and the assembly feeding process is concentrated to be executed under the same station. The feeding mode can replace the existing feeding mode of accumulating the bolt and gasket waiting assembly materials on different stations and waiting for workers to take and install, so that a large amount of materials are prevented from accumulating at each station and the materials do not need to be manually taken, the space and manpower of the stations can be saved, the working procedures on other stations are simplified, and the production efficiency is improved.

Additional features and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the utility model and together with the description serve to explain, without limitation, the utility model. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an assembly feeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the assembly feeder apparatus of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a side view of the assembly feeder apparatus of fig. 1.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. lifting device for material tray 2

3. Positioning plate 4 crimping penetrating piece

5. Locking penetrating piece 6 stop device

7. Buffer 8 tray position sensor

9. Buffer plug hole of assembly support 10

11. Clamping and positioning mechanism 12 component position sensor

13. Roller 14 rolling guide

15 X-axis guide rail 16X axis moving device

17 Y-axis guide rail 18Y axis traveling device

19 Z-axis guide rail 20 and Z axis lifting device

21. Material taking clamping jaw of material taking cylinder 22

Feeding direction of material tray A

Detailed Description

The following describes the detailed implementation of the embodiments of the present utility model with reference to the drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating and illustrating the utility model, are not intended to limit the utility model.

It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present utility model and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other.

In the embodiments of the present utility model, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" or "upper, lower, top, bottom" are used generally with respect to the orientation shown in the drawings or with respect to the positional relationship of the various components with respect to one another in the vertical, vertical or gravitational directions.

The utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with exemplary embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, an exemplary embodiment of the present utility model provides an assembly feeding apparatus, which includes: the assembly feeding equipment can execute the procedures of positioning the feeding tray 1, taking out the assembly from the tray 1, positioning and conveying the assembly and the like during production operation, thereby completing feeding operation.

It should be noted that the assembly may be a bolt and gasket assembly (i.e., a bolt assembly), and the bolt and gasket assembly may be completed by an upstream apparatus of the assembly feeding apparatus of the present utility model, and a plurality of assemblies may be loaded by the tray 1 and then integrally transported to the feeding position of the assembly feeding apparatus.

Specifically, the rack is formed with a tray placement position for placing the tray 1 provided with a plurality of assemblies and a discharge buffer position for buffering the assemblies to be discharged; the conveying mechanism is arranged on the material rack and is used for inputting or outputting the material tray 1 into or out of the material tray placing position; the material taking mechanism is arranged on the material rack and used for selectively moving a plurality of assemblies in the material tray placing position to the material discharging buffer storage position.

Wherein, the material rack can be integrally erected on the station ground, the abutting part of the material rack and the ground can be composed of a plurality of adjustable feet and a plurality of foot fixing plates, and the adjustable feet are fixedly connected with the material rack, so that the horizontal height of the assembly feeding equipment of the exemplary embodiment of the utility model can be adjusted; one end of the ground anchor fixing plate is fixed on the material rack, and the other end of the ground anchor fixing plate is fixed on the ground, so that the feeding equipment of the assembly piece is fixed on the ground, and the stability is improved.

Through the arrangement, the assembly feeding device can convey the tray 1 filled with a plurality of assemblies to the tray placing positions which are independently arranged through the cooperation of the conveying mechanism and the material taking mechanism which are arranged on the material rack, and then selectively take out the assemblies from the tray 1 and transfer the assemblies to the material discharging buffer position, and the downstream device of the assembly feeding device waits for taking the assemblies, so that the assembly feeding procedure in the production flow is completed. Therefore, the feeding mode that the bolts and gaskets wait for assembly materials to be accumulated on the stations and wait for workers to take and install can be replaced, the accumulation quantity of the materials at each station can be reduced, the stock pressure can be relieved, and the purposes of saving the space and manpower of the stations, simplifying the working procedures on other stations and improving the working efficiency can be achieved.

In one embodiment, an assembly feeding apparatus includes: the material tray positioning assembly is arranged at the material tray placing position and is used for positioning the material tray 1.

Specifically, after the tray 1 reaches the tray placement position on the material rack, the tray placement position is still outside the material taking range of the material taking mechanism, so that the tray 1 needs to be subjected to position adjustment and fixing operation through the tray positioning assembly, the tray 1 can be accurately positioned in the operation range of the material taking mechanism, and the tray 1 is effectively prevented from being subjected to position deviation in the operation process of the material taking mechanism, so that the material taking mechanism can accurately take out the assembly from the tray 1.

In one embodiment, a tray positioning assembly includes: jacking device 2 and crimping location structure, this jacking device 2 sets up and place and be used for jacking up charging tray 1 to breaking away from the contact with conveying mechanism at the charging tray, crimping location structure interval set up in the top of jacking device 2 and be used for being jacked up the top surface crimping location of charging tray 1 of device 2.

The jacking device 2 can be lifting devices such as a jacking cylinder, a hydraulic lifter, an electric lifter and the like, and can be arranged below the tray placing position; the tray positioning assembly can be fixed on a tray placing position on the material rack.

When carrying out location operation to charging tray 1, jacking device 2 upwards promotes with charging tray 1 butt, drives charging tray 1 upwards and removes, makes charging tray 1 promote the level, until the top surface of charging tray 1 reach crimping location structure and with its mutual crimping, jacking device 2 stop work, crimping location structure carries out spacing crimping to charging tray 1 on this horizontal plane, make charging tray 1 accurately remove to the operating range of extracting mechanism, and effectively prevent that it from taking place the position offset in extracting mechanism's operation in-process, thereby make extracting mechanism take out the assembled part from charging tray 1 accurately. When the assembly parts on the tray 1 are all taken away, the jacking device 2 can be reset, so that the conveying mechanism completes the tray withdrawing operation.

In one embodiment, the crimping positioning structure includes a plurality of positioning plates 3, a plurality of crimping penetrating members 4, and a plurality of locking penetrating members 5, wherein each positioning plate 3 is horizontally and fixedly arranged at an edge position of the tray placement position and is formed with a plurality of penetrating holes, the plurality of crimping penetrating members 4 are respectively penetrated in the partial penetrating holes in an adjustable penetration depth manner, and the plurality of locking penetrating members 5 are respectively penetrated in the residual partial penetrating holes in an adjustable penetration depth manner.

Specifically, the plurality of press-connection penetrating members 4 and the plurality of locking penetrating members 5 can be inserted into the positioning plates 3 through the plurality of penetrating holes and the insertion depth is adjusted, so that the plurality of press-connection penetrating members 4 and the plurality of locking penetrating members 5 are used for being in the same horizontal plane with one end of the tray 1 in press connection, preferably, the plurality of positioning plates 3 are respectively arranged at two side edge positions of the tray in the feeding direction A of the tray placement position, and meanwhile, the plurality of press-connection penetrating members 4 are respectively inserted into the positioning plates 3 at two sides of the feeding direction A of the tray. Through the arrangement, when the jacking device 2 jacks up the tray 1 to the compression positioning structure, one end of each compression penetrating piece 4 and one end of each locking penetrating piece 5 can be mutually compressed with the edge part of the top surface of the tray 1, wherein each compression penetrating piece 4 and the top surface of the tray 1 are respectively in compression connection at a plurality of positions on the same horizontal plane, the tray 1 can be ensured to be in a horizontal position, each locking penetrating piece 5 can be used for further carrying out clamping compression connection on the tray 1 (for example, a pin hole or a clamping groove which is aligned with the locking penetrating piece 5 is arranged on the tray 1), so that the stability of the tray 1 is ensured, the position deviation of the tray 1 in the operation process of the material taking mechanism is avoided, and the material taking mechanism can accurately take out the assembly from the tray 1.

In one embodiment, the tray positioning assembly comprises a stopping device 6, a buffer device 7, a tray position sensor 8 and a controller, wherein the stopping device 6 is arranged at the edge position of the tray placing position and is used for stopping and limiting the tray 1 conveyed in place by the conveying mechanism in the tray placing position; the buffer device 7 is arranged at the stop limit end of the stop device 6; a tray position sensor 8 is provided on the stopper 6 and is used to signal the tray 1 in place when the tray 1 in the tray position is conveyed in place; the controller is in communication with the tray position sensor 8 and the conveyor mechanism, respectively, and is arranged to control the conveyor mechanism to stop operating upon receipt of a tray 1 in place signal.

The stop device 6 is arranged on the material rack and can adjust the position along the conveying direction of the material tray 1, so that the final position of the material tray when reaching the material tray placing position can be adjusted. In addition, the stop limit end of the stop device 6 can be provided with a stop baffle, which can provide a larger contact area, so that the tray 1 can be accurately and stably positioned for stop. The buffer device 7 is connected with the stop limit end of the stop device 6, and can move towards the stop device 6 when being pressed, and when the buffer device reaches the stop limit end, the buffer device 7 can integrally move and retract into the stop device 6, for example, the buffer device 7 can be arranged in a penetrating way with the stop device 6 through an elastic telescopic rod, the stop device 6 is positioned at the stop limit end and is provided with a containing groove capable of containing the buffer device 7, when the buffer device 7 is pushed and moved by the input tray 1, the buffer device can integrally move into the containing groove, and at the moment, the tray 1 is in press connection with the stop limit end of the stop device 6, so that the movement is stopped, and the elastic telescopic rod can be replaced by other elastic telescopic pieces or elastic materials, which are not repeated here. The tray position sensor 8 may be an ultrasonic ranging sensor, a laser ranging sensor, an infrared ranging sensor, or an equidistant sensor assembly, and may detect the position of the tray 1 and generate an in-place signal when the position is in place, and send the signal to the controller, where the controller controls the conveying mechanism to stop working, thereby completing the input operation of the tray 1. In addition, the tray position sensor 8 may be used for the tray retracting operation of the conveying mechanism, and when the tray 1 is completely pushed out of the conveying mechanism, the tray position sensor 8 generates a retracting signal, and sends the retracting signal to the controller, and the controller controls the conveying mechanism to stop working in preparation for inputting another tray 1.

Through the arrangement, when the conveying mechanism inputs the tray 1 into the tray placing position, the buffer device 7 can be in compression joint with the tray 1 firstly and enable the tray 1 to perform deceleration movement, collision force between the tray 1 and the stop device 6 is reduced, then the stop device 6 passes through the stop limiting end and is in compression joint with the tray 1, the tray 1 stops moving, at the moment, the tray position sensor 8 sends a tray 1 in-place signal to the controller, and the controller receives the signal and then controls the conveying mechanism to stop running, so that automatic feeding operation is realized, labor is saved, and working efficiency is improved.

In one embodiment, the assembly feeding device comprises an assembly bracket 9 and a clamping and positioning mechanism 11, wherein the assembly bracket 9 is arranged at the discharging buffer position and is provided with a buffer inserting hole 10 for inserting an assembly; the clamping and positioning mechanism 12 is arranged on the assembly support and is used for clamping and positioning the assembly inserted in the buffer insertion hole 10.

Specifically, the assembly support 9 is located at a discharging buffer position, one end of the assembly support is fixedly connected with the material rack, buffer insertion holes 10 and clamping and positioning mechanism installation positions are respectively formed on two sides of the other end of the assembly support, the clamping and positioning mechanisms 11 can be fixedly connected with the assembly support 9 on the installation positions, the buffer insertion holes 10 are the placement positions of the assemblies taken out by the material taking mechanisms, and the assemblies can be inserted into the buffer insertion holes 10 to wait for downstream equipment to take the assemblies away. When the assembled part is a bolt assembly, the downstream equipment is sleeved with the bolt assembly positioned in the cache plugging hole 10 through the bolt sleeve, so that the bolt assembly is taken away, and therefore, the clamping and positioning mechanism 11 can clamp and position the bolt assembly when the bolt sleeve is sleeved with the bolt assembly, so that the bolt assembly is prevented from shaking, and the sleeving accuracy is ensured. Overall, accurate assembly fixed-point feeding levels are provided through this exemplary embodiment to can realize feeding automation, use manpower sparingly, improve work efficiency.

In one embodiment, the assembly feeding apparatus includes an assembly position sensor 12 and a controller, the assembly position sensor 12 being disposed on the assembly bracket 9 and configured to signal assembly in place when an assembly in the cache socket 10 is plugged in place; the controller is in communication with the component position sensor and the clamping and positioning mechanism 12, respectively, and is configured to control the clamping and positioning mechanism 12 to clamp and position the component when the component in-place signal is received.

The component position sensor 12 may be a sensor component capable of sensing that an assembly is in place, such as a photoelectric sensor and a color sensor, and when the material taking mechanism inserts the assembly into a plugging hole on the assembly support 9, the component position sensor 12 may detect that the assembly is in place, and immediately sends an in-place signal to the controller, and the controller immediately sends an instruction to control the clamping and positioning mechanism 11 to clamp and position the assembly after receiving the in-place signal, thereby realizing automatic control of operation of the clamping and positioning mechanism 11.

In one embodiment, the conveying mechanism comprises a roller way which is horizontally arranged and two guide rows which are arranged on two sides of the roller way along the width direction, and each guide row comprises a plurality of rolling guide pieces 15 which are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the roller way.

Specifically, the roller way may be composed of a plurality of rollers 13 perpendicular to the feeding direction a of the tray and sequentially arranged horizontally and at intervals, and the plurality of rolling guide members 14 may be composed of a plurality of coming wheels disposed on both sides of the roller way in the width direction and sequentially arranged horizontally and at intervals along the length direction of the roller way. When the material tray 1 is input to the material tray placing position along the roller way, the plurality of rollers 13 are matched with the material tray 1 to rotate in a rolling way, so that the material tray 1 smoothly moves towards the stop device 6 along the roller way; the plurality of Fulai wheels are positioned at two sides of the moving direction of the material tray 1, can limit the material tray 1 and guide the material tray 1 to continuously move along the roller way to the stop device 6 in a driven way, so that the material tray 1 smoothly and accurately reaches the material tray placing position. Other guides equivalent to the blessing wheel, such as balls and guide belts, may be used as the rolling guide 14 in the present embodiment.

In one embodiment, the horizontal distance between the two guide rows is set gradually shorter in the direction of the feeding of the tray 1 to the tray placement position by the conveying mechanism. By the arrangement of the present exemplary embodiment, the tray 1 can be gradually adjusted to the correct direction when moving along the roller way towards the stop device 6, ensuring that it can be moved to the tray placement position along the correct route.

In one embodiment, the roller way comprises a plurality of rollers 13 which are sequentially arranged along the length direction, wherein the rollers 13 positioned in the middle are formed as power rollers, and the other rollers 13 are all formed as driven rollers. In the process that the tray 1 is input to the tray placing position, the tray 1 is firstly driven into the roller way by the upstream equipment of the assembly feeding equipment of the embodiment, the driven roller positioned at the inlet part of the roller way is driven to roll by the moving tray 1, so that the tray 1 smoothly moves towards the stop device 6, friction force is reduced, when the tray 1 moves to the power roller positioned in the middle of the roller way, the power roller applies driving force to the tray 1, so that the tray 1 can continuously move towards the stop device 6 until the whole tray 1 is positioned at the tray placing position, and therefore, the power roller can be effectively connected with the upstream equipment in a power mode, the tray 1 is helped to be in place quickly, and the efficiency is improved.

In one embodiment, the take-off mechanism is a three-axis motion mechanism and comprises an X-axis mechanism, a Y-axis mechanism, a Z-axis mechanism and a clamping take-off mechanism, wherein the X-axis mechanism comprises an X-axis guide rail 15 and an X-axis traveling device 16, the Y-axis mechanism comprises a Y-axis guide rail 17 and a Y-axis traveling device 18, and the Z-axis mechanism comprises a Z-axis guide rail 19 and a Z-axis lifting device 20;

the X-axis guide rails 15, the Y-axis guide rails 17 and the Z-axis guide rails 20 are vertically arranged in pairs, the X-axis guide rails 15 and the Y-axis guide rails 17 form sliding fit driven by the Y-axis traveling device 18, the Z-axis guide rails 19 and the X-axis guide rails 15 form sliding fit driven by the X-axis traveling device 16, and the clamping and taking mechanism is connected to the bottom of the Z-axis lifting device 20.

Specifically, the material taking mechanism is integrally arranged on the material rack, wherein the Y-axis guide rail 17 and the Y-axis traveling device 18 are respectively arranged at two sides of the top of the material rack at intervals in parallel and horizontally along the feeding direction A of the material tray; the two ends of the X-axis guide rail 15 are respectively arranged on the Y-axis guide rail 17 and the Y-axis traveling device 18 and form sliding fit, and the X-axis guide rail 15 can be driven to move along the Y-axis guide rail 17 through the Y-axis traveling device 18; the X-axis traveling device 16 is arranged on the X-axis guide rail 15 and forms sliding fit with the X-axis guide rail; the Z-axis guide rail 19 is also arranged on the X-axis guide rail 15 and forms sliding fit with the X-axis guide rail, and meanwhile, one end of the Z-axis guide rail 19 is fixedly connected with the X-axis traveling device 16 and can be driven to move along the X-axis guide rail 15 through the X-axis traveling device 16; the Z-axis lifting device 20 is arranged on the Z-axis guide rail 19 and forms sliding fit with the Z-axis guide rail; the clamping and taking mechanism is connected to the bottom of the Z-axis lifting device 20, and can be driven to move up and down along the Z-axis guide rail 19 by the Z-axis lifting device 20. In general, the clamping and reclaiming mechanism may be comprised of a reclaiming cylinder 21 and a reclaiming jaw 22, the reclaiming cylinder 21 may drive the reclaiming jaw 22 to clamp the assembly.

Through the arrangement, after the tray 1 reaches the tray placement position and completes positioning, the material taking mechanism starts to operate, the X-axis mechanism, the Y-axis mechanism and the Z-axis mechanism can operate in a mutually matched mode according to the material taking route, the clamping material taking mechanism is transferred to the upper side of a target assembly, the clamping material taking mechanism drives the material taking clamping jaw 22 to clamp the assembly through the material taking cylinder 21, then the X-axis mechanism, the Y-axis mechanism and the Z-axis mechanism continue to operate in a matched mode, the clamping material taking mechanism clamped with the assembly is transferred to the upper side of the assembly support 9, the assembly is aligned and inserted into the buffer insertion hole 10, and the material taking cylinder 21 drives the material taking clamping jaw 22 to loosen the assembly, so that fixed-point taking operation on the target assembly is completed.

It should be noted that, the feeding mechanism can also be controlled to run by the controller, the running route can be preset in the control system of the controller, and the feeding mechanism can also be configured with an image recognition positioning component for recognizing and positioning the target assembly, so as to realize accurate feeding of the assembly. Obviously, the material taking mechanism can also be set into an automatic manipulator, a four-axis robot and other equipment, and the effect of the material taking mechanism is close to that of the three-axis motion mechanism of the present exemplary embodiment, so that accurate assembly operation of taking and conveying can be completed. In addition, the number of the material tray placing positions and the material discharging buffer positions on the material rack can be flexibly configured according to the station requirements, so that the material taking mechanism can be provided with different running routes, and is convenient for taking and conveying target assembled pieces on various positions to different material discharging buffer positions, and the material feeding requirements of assembled pieces of various types and various numbers are met.

The following is a workflow description of an assembly feeding apparatus of the present type:

1. input tray: the upstream equipment conveys the material tray 1 with the assembled parts to the feeding position of the material conveying mechanism and enters the roller way, the material tray 1 moves into the material tray placing position under the driving of the upstream equipment, part of rollers 13 roll along with the material tray 1, the material tray 1 accurately moves into the material tray placing position under the guiding action of the Fulai wheels at two sides, and after the material tray 1 reaches the power roller, the power roller provides power to enable the material tray 1 to continuously move into the material tray placing position; when the tray 1 reaches the stop device 6, the tray 1 is contacted and pressed with the buffer device 7, the buffer device 7 enables the tray 1 to perform deceleration movement, and when the tray 1 reaches the stop limit end of the stop device 6, the tray stops moving, at the moment, the tray position sensor 8 sends a tray 1 in-place signal to the controller, and the controller receives the signal and then controls the conveying mechanism to stop running.

2. Positioning a material tray: after the tray 1 reaches the tray placement position, the jacking device 2 jacks up the tray 1 to slightly move the tray 1 upwards, and the edge parts of the pressing penetrating members 4 and the locking penetrating members 5, which are positioned on the top surface of the tray 1, are mutually pressed to ensure that the tray 1 is positioned in a horizontal position and mechanically positioned.

3. And (3) taking and delivering the assembly parts: when the tray 1 reaches the tray placement position and completes positioning, the material taking mechanism starts to operate, the X-axis mechanism, the Y-axis mechanism and the Z-axis mechanism operate in a mutually matched mode according to a preset material taking route, the clamping material taking mechanism is transferred to the upper side of a target assembly, the clamping material taking mechanism clamps the assembly through the material taking clamping jaw 22, then the X-axis mechanism, the Y-axis mechanism and the Z-axis mechanism continue to operate in a matched mode, the clamping material taking mechanism clamped with the assembly is transferred to the upper side of the assembly support 9, the assembly is aligned and inserted into the buffer inserting hole 10, and the material taking cylinder 21 drives the material taking clamping jaw 22 to loosen the assembly, and then the material taking mechanism resets.

4. Cache assembly: the component position sensor 12 detects that the component is in place, and immediately sends an in-place signal to the controller, and the controller immediately sends an instruction to control the clamping and positioning mechanism 11 to clamp and position the component in the cache plug hole 10 after receiving the in-place signal, and waits for downstream equipment to take the component.

5. An output tray: after the downstream equipment takes away the assembly, the assembly position sensor 12 sends an assembly taking-away signal to the controller, and the controller receives the signal and then controls the material taking mechanism to repeat the step 3 until all the assemblies in the material tray 1 are taken away, and the material tray 1 descends along with the jacking device 2 and falls onto the roller way. The upstream equipment reaches the feeding position of the conveying mechanism, and the power roller drives the empty tray 1 to move to the upstream equipment to finish the tray returning action. The tray position sensor 8 issues a tray eject signal after the tray 1 has completely ejected from the conveyor mechanism.

6. Repeating the steps 1 to 5, thereby realizing automatic continuous feeding.

The foregoing details of the optional implementation of the embodiment of the present utility model have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the embodiment of the present utility model is not limited to the specific details of the foregoing implementation, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the embodiment of the present utility model within the scope of the technical concept of the embodiment of the present utility model, and these simple modifications all fall within the protection scope of the embodiment of the present utility model.

In addition, the specific features described in the foregoing embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations are not described further.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present utility model may be performed, so long as the concept of the embodiments of the present utility model is not violated, and the disclosure of the embodiments of the present utility model should also be considered.

Claims

1. An assembly feeding apparatus, comprising:

the material rack is provided with a material tray placing position for placing a material tray (1) provided with a plurality of assemblies and a discharging buffer position for buffering the assemblies to be discharged;

the conveying mechanism is arranged on the material rack and is used for inputting or outputting the material tray (1) into or from the material tray placing position; and

2. The assembly feeding apparatus of claim 1, wherein the assembly feeding apparatus comprises:

the material tray positioning assembly is arranged at the material tray placing position and used for positioning the material tray (1).

3. The assembly feeding apparatus of claim 2, wherein the tray positioning assembly comprises:

the jacking device (2) is arranged at the tray placing position and is used for jacking the tray (1) to be separated from contact with the conveying mechanism;

the crimping positioning structures are arranged above the jacking device (2) at intervals and used for crimping and positioning the top surface of the tray (1) jacked by the jacking device (2).

4. The assembly feeding device according to claim 3, wherein the crimping positioning structure comprises a plurality of positioning plates (3), a plurality of crimping penetrating members (4) and a plurality of locking penetrating members (5), each positioning plate (3) is horizontally and fixedly arranged at the edge position of the tray placement position and is provided with a plurality of penetrating holes, the crimping penetrating members (4) are respectively penetrated into part of the penetrating holes in an adjustable penetration depth manner, and the locking penetrating members (5) are respectively penetrated into the rest part of the penetrating holes in an adjustable penetration depth manner.

5. The assembly feeding apparatus of claim 2, wherein the tray positioning assembly comprises:

a stop device (6) which is arranged at the edge position of the tray placing position and is used for stopping and limiting the tray (1) which is conveyed in place by the conveying mechanism in the tray placing position;

the buffer device (7) is arranged at the stop limit end of the stop device (6);

a tray position sensor (8) which is arranged on the stop device (6) and is used for sending a tray in-place signal when the tray (1) in the tray placement position is conveyed in place;

and the controller is respectively communicated with the tray position sensor (8) and the conveying mechanism, and is used for controlling the conveying mechanism to stop running when receiving the tray in-place signal.

6. The assembly feeding apparatus of claim 1, wherein the assembly feeding apparatus comprises:

the assembly part bracket (9) is arranged at the discharging buffer position and is provided with a buffer insertion hole (10) for inserting the assembly part;

and the clamping and positioning mechanism (11) is arranged on the assembly support (9) and is used for clamping and positioning the assembly inserted in the buffer insertion hole (10).

7. The assembly feed apparatus of claim 6, wherein the assembly feed apparatus comprises:

a component position sensor (12) which is arranged on the component support (9) and is used for sending out a component in-place signal when the component in the buffer insertion hole (10) is inserted in place;

and a controller in communication with the component position sensor (12) and the clamping and positioning mechanism (11), respectively, the controller being configured to control the clamping and positioning mechanism (11) to clamp and position the assembly upon receipt of the component in-place signal.

8. Assembly feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveying means comprise a horizontally arranged roller table and two guide rows arranged on both sides of the roller table in the width direction, each guide row comprising a plurality of rolling guides (14) arranged in sequence in the length direction of the roller table.

9. Assembly feeding device according to claim 8, wherein the horizontal distance between the two guide rows is set progressively shorter in the direction of the feeding of the tray (1) by the conveyor mechanism to the tray placement.

10. Assembly feeding device according to claim 8, characterized in that the roller table comprises a plurality of rollers (13) arranged in sequence in the length direction, the rollers (13) in the middle being formed as power rollers, the remaining rollers (13) being formed as driven rollers.

11. Assembly feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the take-off mechanism is a three-axis movement mechanism and comprises an X-axis mechanism, a Y-axis mechanism, a Z-axis mechanism and a clamping take-off mechanism, the X-axis mechanism comprising an X-axis guide rail (15) and an X-axis displacement means (16), the Y-axis mechanism comprising a Y-axis guide rail (17) and a Y-axis displacement means (18), the Z-axis mechanism comprising a Z-axis guide rail (19) and a Z-axis lifting means (20);

the X-axis guide rails (15), the Y-axis guide rails (17) and the Z-axis guide rails (19) are vertically arranged in pairs, the X-axis guide rails (15) and the Y-axis guide rails (17) form sliding fit driven by the Y-axis moving device (18), the Z-axis guide rails (19) and the X-axis guide rails (15) form sliding fit driven by the X-axis moving device (16), and the clamping and taking mechanism is connected to the bottom of the Z-axis lifting device (20).